北朝鮮、新型多目的駆逐艦「崔賢」の就役式典を挙行

Pyongyang, June 24 (KCNA) — The irresistible might of Juche Korea, which is confidently accomplishing the great cause of building a rich country with a strong army in a valiant spirit and with dignity that no one can defy under the ever-victorious leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea, is impressively ushering in a brilliant heyday of the Navy of the DPRK while powerfully raising the anchor of building a marine power in the 21st century. The new-type multi-mission destroyer Choe Hyon, born as an aggregate of self-reliant defence technology and a new symbol of the sea defence capability of the state, will be formally commissioned into the Navy of the Korean People’s Army after successfully concluding the shakedown for assessing its capability of executing operations for one year and two months. The commissioning of the powerful battleship, which will sail along the course of defending the sacred maritime sovereignty and national interests of the DPRK with an important mission of implementing the national defence strategy of the Party Central Committee and exercising the war deterrent, is a meaningful indication of the radical qualitative strengthening of the Navy of the Republic with the strongest combat force which is put on the most powerful and ultra-modern level of Korean-style. The commissioning ceremony of the destroyer Choe Hyon took place at Nampho Port on June 23. The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, attended the ceremony. The venue of the ceremony was filled with ardent reverence for Comrade Kim Jong Un, who provided the Navy of the Republic defending the core of the sovereign rights with the powerful strength for justice and peace while energetically guiding the sacred historic cause for the radical development of the national defence capabilities, and the great emotion and joy of the participants convinced of the bright future of the marine power. When Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue of the commissioning ceremony, where the powerful warship in the new era of the DPRK is anchored imposingly, amid the welcome music, the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers out of their highest tribute and boundless gratitude to him, the great defender of our glorious country and invincible iron-willed commander. The Navy of the Korean People’s Army expressed the greatest trust and loyalty to Comrade Kim Jong Un. Comrade Kim Jong Un was greeted courteously by leading officials in the fields of defence and warship-building industries and major commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and the Navy. Present at the ceremony were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and other members of the Party central leadership, commanding officers of the KPA large combined units, officers and men of the Navy, officers and men of the destroyer, discharged navy generals and workers, scientists, technicians and officials in the field of warship-building industry. The national anthem of the DPRK was played. Jo Chun Ryong, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, made a report on the preparations for the commissioning of the Destroyer Choe Hyon. He noted that the destroyer has successfully passed through such procedures as the assessment of performance and combat application of various kinds of weapon systems and overall operational executive capability, test-fire, integrated operation test, navigation test for the general assessment of maneuverability, and military approval certificate. On behalf of the workers and technicians of the Nampho Shipyard, a pivotal base of the warship-building industry in the new era, and other scientists, workers and officials in the field of munitions industry, he courteously reported to Comrade Kim Jong Un on the completion of the preparations for handing over the Korean-style state-o